eaulieu is a Cistercian Abbey found in tne New Forest near Southampton on the south coast of England. The abbey was founded by King John in 1203 or 1204 and became an important mother house sending monks to found daughter abbeys at Hailes, Newenham and Netley. It was itself populated with monks from Citeaux. The building work took until 1249 in the reign of John's son King Henry III, who continued to support the monks with donations and grants of land. At the dissolution, ordered by King Henry VIII, parts of the abbey were destroyed and the remains were granted to the Earl of Southampton. Later, in the reign of William III, the abbey became the property of the Lord and Duke of Montague. Much of the original building remains but has been converted for different uses. The monks referctory or dining room, for instance, has been converted into the Beaulieu parish church. The abbey was the home of Anne Beauchamp, the wfe of Richard Neville, the Kingmaker, After Richard's death in 1471 at the Battle of Barnet. Anne fled to the abbey for safety. Another person who sought safety at the abbey was Perkin Warbeck who tried to claim the English throne saying he was one of the Princes in the Tower who mysteriously disappeared.